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as in planting
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set
a music teacher who strove to implant within his students a love of the classics
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as in embedding
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
the gemstone was poorly implanted in the setting, so it was constantly popping out
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Recent Examples of implanting
Vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy and depression generally involves implanting an electrical stimulator in the left side of a patient’s chest, where the vagus nerve passes.
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Elizabeth Riley, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
Attorney Ben Ikuta claims that Acacio continued to perform medical procedures on patients while his license was suspended, including performing transfers and implanting embryos.
—Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Score and Mills, a Brevard County couple, sued IVF Life — which does business as Fertility Center of Orlando — last month for implanting Score with the the wrong embryo.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
The bill would prohibit the importation, sale, and offer of sale of pets that are transgenic, meaning they are created by implanting a gene from one species into another.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 4 Feb. 2026
After implanting him with the device, a now docile Hank reveals that he's already released implanted people into the Wasteland — and that they've been given instructions.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
There are also concerns about implanting even primitive embryo models created from stem cells into anything that resembles a human womb.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 23 Dec. 2025
For the very first time, researchers captured incredible real-time, three-dimensional images and videos of a human embryo implanting into artificial uterine tissue.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 23 Dec. 2025
Neuralink has already entered the clinical phase, successfully implanting devices in three people.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 25 Nov. 2025
Elizabeth Riley, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
Attorney Ben Ikuta claims that Acacio continued to perform medical procedures on patients while his license was suspended, including performing transfers and implanting embryos.
—Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Score and Mills, a Brevard County couple, sued IVF Life — which does business as Fertility Center of Orlando — last month for implanting Score with the the wrong embryo.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
The bill would prohibit the importation, sale, and offer of sale of pets that are transgenic, meaning they are created by implanting a gene from one species into another.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 4 Feb. 2026
After implanting him with the device, a now docile Hank reveals that he's already released implanted people into the Wasteland — and that they've been given instructions.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
There are also concerns about implanting even primitive embryo models created from stem cells into anything that resembles a human womb.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 23 Dec. 2025
For the very first time, researchers captured incredible real-time, three-dimensional images and videos of a human embryo implanting into artificial uterine tissue.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 23 Dec. 2025
Neuralink has already entered the clinical phase, successfully implanting devices in three people.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 25 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implanting
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Don’t expect to hear the last of this for a long time, not least because police are looking into video footage that appeared to show a York player planting a left hand on a Rochdale fan amid the pandemonium.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Additionally, planting garlic bulbs around the perimeter of your garden can create a protective barrier against deer.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
26 Apr. 2026
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His joint-embedding predictive architecture (JEPA) is designed to build machines that develop internal models of the world through observation, the way humans do, rather than through text prediction.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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By embedding access, authorship and representation into the filmmaking, the project reflects the principles of self-determination and leadership that the movement demanded.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
16 Apr. 2026
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Today, beef inflation rapidly outpaces regular food inflation due, in part, to severe drought conditions starting in 2022 that raised feed prices and discouraged farmers from breeding cattle.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2026
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Sanjar also has figured out that the most efficient time of year to deploy them is summer, when snakes are fattening up for breeding season in late fall.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2026
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Begin rooting cuttings of favorite shrubs and perennials.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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In spring after the tree has bloomed, snip off a 3- to 5-inch branch, remove the bottom leaves, and dip the end in rooting hormone.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
23 Apr. 2026
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Those vessels were apparently Indian, with New Delhi lodging a complaint with Tehran.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
22 Apr. 2026
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Immerse yourself in the natural beauty of Vietnam, with lodging for as little as $15 a night and inexpensive local cuisine.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Implanting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implanting. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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